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How
To Make Your Site Show Up "On Top" During Searches
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Imagine if someone does a
search on your keywords (i.e. "Dallas real
estate") and not only does your site show up, but
it literally and automatically "pops up" in a new
window, regardless of who is in top position! Yes,
this very clever trick really does work and costs
nothing to implement.
The tactic I am about to
reveal here is so simple, powerful, and
controversial, that it is likely not to be around
long —so use it (with discretion) while you can!
Here's how it works:
Just enter
<script>window.open('http://www.yoursite.com/')</script>
(where you replace http://www.yoursite.com with
the URL of the site you want to pop up) as the
beginning of the description text box of any
Web-based directory, or pay-per-click search
engine that allows HTML tags within their text
fields.
(NOTE: if you put this code into
a listing description field, like on REALTOR.com,
then the URL within the code should point to the
location of that listing's information on your
site)
Here's what happens:
When a Web page is shown (as
a result of a property or keyword search)
containing your special description text it
executes the javascript code between the
<script></script> tags, which in this case,
instructs the browser to create a new window
showing the indicated URL. The code will not show
up as part of the descriptive text which appears
quite normal the search results page.
Here are the
possibilities:
As of this writing, you can
put this code into REALTOR.com listing
descriptions and it will work. I know of one very
successful online professional that has her site
automatically popup anytime one of her listings
shows up as part of a property search! Also, some
pay-per-click search engines (not Goto.com
however) will allow HTML tags within site
descriptions. This means that anytime someone
searches for property using say "Dallas real
estate", that person's site will popup on top of
the search results window! This will also work for
any directory that allows HTML tags. The
possibilities are endless.
Here Are The Potential
Problems:
First of all, not all
browsers support javascript, which is necessary if
this is to work properly. Also, if you have more
than one description show up with this code on the
same results page, then there will be an equal
number of new windows with your site opening up,
which could become quite annoying. Keep in mind
that there are quite a few online consumers that
find popups of any kind intrusive and annoying,
which means that this tactic may backfire on you
in some cases.
IMPORTANT: never put this code on the
same page that it points to! Otherwise you
will crash the machine of everyone that visits
that page!! (it will keep opening browser windows
until the visitor's computer runs out of memory)
Lastly, once a directory or
search engine gets wind of what you (and probably
so many others) are doing, they'll disable this
capability. This is one of those "short-term"
competitive advantages that show up from time to
time. So if you plan on using it, do it soon. And
remember, your heard if first from Mr. Internet! |
